Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-29 | Page 1 | New Movement of Educators

uu NEW MOVEMENT OF EDUCATORS I New York. Jan. 29 To counteract "influences of lying, hatred and murder" mur-der" of the European war, w hi h. tbey assert, are molding the lives Of American school children. Dr. Charles W Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, and Presidents David Starr Jordan of the National Education Educa-tion association, and Richard Mc-laurln. Mc-laurln. ol the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in an announcement made publi- today tell of the beginning begin-ning of a movement of educators to enlist the school children of the country coun-try in relief work for home and for eign needs. In many of our schools we even forbid all discussion of the war," says tin announcement "We cannot, however hide this war from our children chil-dren nor keep its destructive influences influ-ences from their lives. ' With a nation-wide relief movement move-ment of our children we can turn their minds from destructive murder to helpful lifefriving and build on the terrible need the strongest, most helpful race of men and women the world has ever known " The scheme announced is that each child earn or make what he gives, or give from what he has, that he may -feel he has worked or sacrificed to help. The fund is to be known US The ( hildren of America s Fund " One-half the fund is to be used to relieve the local suffering and will be distributed through some charities. Tlu- other half will be distributed to the sufferers in Europe by the national na-tional committee. nn